Word Count: exactly 100
Challenge: 14 Crookshanks
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Title: Means to an End
Hermione's body sagged with regret as she stirred her potions. She wondered if Crookshanks was now merely a means to an end for Snape; revenge and research was all he was to the Head of Slytherin. Keeping Crooks outside the castle wards was too risky and her worst fears confirmed, there was no hope of redemption for her cherished pet. But Hermione also wanted revenge against whoever stole the one thing in the wizarding world that accepted her unconditionally.
Snape frowned at the pale witch's subdued plea. "Crookshanks likes you, and you almost never leave the dungeons, can you keep him?"